Stop and waste valve



July 12, 1938. w,fH. McDoUGAl. AL 2,123,655

l STOP AND WASTE VALVE Original Filed NOV. 17, 1954 El ff rdenv UNITED sr vTES FA'ET OFFIQE 2,123,655 Y STOP AND WASTE VALVE Wellington H. McDougal and George H. Burden, Little Rock, Ark.

Application November 17, 1934, Serial No. 753,524 Renewed December 15, 1937 1 Claim. (Cl. 251-110) 'I'his invention relates to stop and waste cocks Figure 4 is a top plan View partly cut away and or valvesand has for an important object there in section of a modified form of stop means for of the provision of a Valve which may be oonthe Valve disclosed in Figure 1. nected to a main liquid supply line such as a cold Figure 5 is a vertical section taken substantial- 5 Water line and may also have portions thereof ly through thecenter of the modified form of cap 5 connected to cold and hot water service lines so structure shown in Figure 4. as to drain the water from the service lines when Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals the main supply line has been cut off. of Vreference designate correspondingV parts Another object of this invention is to provide throughout the several views, the numeral l0 in a service valve of this kind means whereby the designates generally a valve housing or casing l0 valve inside will turn easily, the turning of the provided at one side with a boss II having a valve in either open or closed position being such threaded bore therein which constitutesv the inas to cause a slight loosening of the valve as take of the housing Ill and at a point diametri* against a tightening of the valve structure in valve cally opposed to the boss II the housing I0 has constructions at present available. a second boss i2 having a threaded bore therein 15 A further object of this invention is to provide and constituting an outlet'for the housing or casan inverted tapered valve structure and means for ing I Il. The boss II is adapted to be connected to attaching an operating member to the reduced a liquid supply line and preferably to a main water end rather than to the enlarged end of the valve line and the boss I2 is adapted to be connected to so that the pressure applied to the valve in opena service pipe line which is extended throughout `:20 ing or closing will inherently tend to loosen the the building. The casing or housing lll has a valve rather than to tighten the valve and vtherevalve seat I3 therein which intersects the openby make the valve stick as where the handle or ing through theV housing from the inlet side II operating member is attached to the larger end to the outlet I2 and a tapered valve I 4 is mountof the Valve. ed in the housing lll and engages the tapering 25 A still further object of this invention is to proseat I3. vide in a valve structure of this type means This valve I 4 is mounted with the smaller end whereby during the assembly of the valve parts, uppermost and the smaller end `is extended upthe parts will be correctly assembled, the valve wardly through the housing I as at I5, which structure being such as to prevent the incorrect extended portion is provided with an angular re- 30 assembly as is the case invdrain valves at present cess AI6 in which an operating member I'I in the available. form of a handle or the like may be disposed and Still another object of this invention is to prosecured by means of a set screw I8. The lower vide a service valve which may be connected to end of the housing Ill has a threaded boss I9 on both hot and cold service water lines so that which a cap 20 is mounted and this cap 29 re- 35 when it is desired to cut off the water supply to ceives a gasket 2l which seals the cap 20 and a house or building, it is only necessary to turn which also engages against the lower end 22 of olf one valve and the turning of this valve will the valve member I4. This gasket yieldably holds open the drains to both the hot and cold water the valve Il! against the seat I3.

systems and thus permit the water in both of The stem portion I5 of the valve member I4 40 these systems to drain out and revent freezing of has a stop pin 23 extending outwardly therefrom the pipes. and this stop pin 23 is mounted in an opening 24 The above and various other objects and adin the stem I5 which does not extend all the way vantages of this invention will in part be described through the stem I5 so that the pin 23 will only and in part be understood from the following deextend out of one side of the stem I5. The housi5 tailed description of the present preferred eming IU is provided at its upper end with an an- `bodiment, the same being illustrated in the acnular ilange 25 having a segmental recess 26 in companying drawing wherein: whichthe pin 23 engages so that the Valve I4 Figure 1 is a vertical section partly in detail may only be turned at -substantially a quarter of a valve constructed according to the emboditurn from opening to closing position. o

ment of this invention. A cap or hanged collar 2'! having an axial open- 5 e Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken ing 28 engaging loosely about the stem I5 covers on the line 2 2 of Figure 1. l the stop pin 23 and engages over theoutside of Figure 3 is a sectional View partly in detail the annular flange 25. 'I'he cap 21 is disposed betaken on the line 3--3 of Figure l. tween the set screw I8 and the upper end of the 55 2 housing I so that the cap 2'I cannot slide off of the valve and will at all times enclose the pin 23 which is only loosely mounted in the recess 24. The housing IG on/one side thereof at substantially right angles to the bosses II and I2 is provided with a boss 2&3 having threads in which a drain pipe 39 is adapted to be mounted and the hole through the boss 29 communicates with the outlet port 3l of the valve I4. The housing II] at substantially a diametrically opposed point to the boss 29 is also provided with a second boss 32 having a threaded opening 33 and this opening 33 is adapted to receive a drain pipe 34. The drain pipe 34 is adapted Yto be connected to a suitable source of carry-off means such as a sewer or the like, whereas the drain pipe 3S is preferably adapted to be connected to the lowermost point of a hot water system and is open at all times to this hot water system so that'when the valve member i4 is turned so as to swing the discharge port 3l` in register with -the opening 3@ -in the boss 29, the water in the hot water system-will pass through the valve I4 and-out through 'the discharge pipe 34. The VValve member I4, 'aswill be noted from Figure l, is preferably hollow and in addition to being provided with an opening transversely therethrough for the passage of water, the valve I4 is provided `with a drain opening 35 which is disposed above the line of vthe two bosses 29 and 32 and this drainopening 35when the valve I4 is closed, is adapted to permit the passage of water back from the service pipe connected to the boss I2 through the valve opening 35 and the opening 3l and then out through the discharge pipe 34.

As will be noted from Figures 4 and 5 of the draw-ing, the modified form of valve structure therein disclosed includes a valve member i4' having a stern I5' provided with a substantially `rectangular recess I in which an operating member is adapted tobe disposed. This valve Istructure includes a stemV I5 which is provided with at -least two flat faces 33 and the cap 2l is provided with complementary flat facesV 3l on the inside thereof so that the cap 21 may only be placed on thestem I5'in one position. The flange 25' of the valve housingA IB has a segmental vcut-out portion or recess 26' and a lug or boss 38 is made integral with the cap 2i andmoves in this'segmental recess 26 so .as to limit the turning movement of the valve stem I4.

In the use and operation of the valve structure hereinbefore described, the bossA I I is-adapted to be connected tov the main water supply line and the boss I2 connected to the service line. Normally the valve member i4 will be open so that water or other liquid may pass through the opening 3l in the valve member I4. In

this open position,the openings in the bossesy .2S and 32 willbe closed and the opening 35 in the valve I4gwill be to one side of the main opening through the valve housing I0 and being mitting water from the service A3I in the valve member I4 will above the bosses 29 and 32, no water entering the interior of the valve member I4 will pass outY through the bosses 29 and 32.

When it is desired to shut off the main supply line as where the occupants of a building leave the building and cut off the water in the water system, the valve member I4 may be turned 4to closed position and in this position, which is shown in Figure l, the drain opening 35 will confront the service connection I2, thereby perlines in the building to flow back through the opening 35, into the valve I4. When the opening 35 confronts the service connection I2, the discharge openings register with the opposed drain members 29 and 32. The drain member 33 being connected to a hot water system and at all times open when the valve I4 is turned to closed position, the openings 3l in the valve will permit the water in the hot water system to flow back through `the drain pipe 30 and out through the drain 34 at the same time that the cold water in the cold water system flows back through the drainopening 35.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that in a dwelling, it will not be necessary separate drain valves for the several water systems in order to cut off the flow of water in the systems and at the same time provide means whereby the water inthe systems will be drained so as to prevent freezing of the war in the pipes and the consequent splitting of the pipes.

What is claimed is:-

A valve comprising a casing having a straight passage therethrough and provided with a tapered valve seat intersecting said passage, said casing also having opposed openings communicating with said passage, a hollow tapered valve 'engaging said seat and having the large end thereof substantially ush with the large end of the seat, said valve having a passage therethrough adapted to aline with the'passage in the casing when the valve is in open position and also having a bleeder opening at right angles to said valve passage and communicating therewith, the opposite ends of said valve passageregistering with said opposed openings when the valve is in closed position, the reduced end of the valve Yhaving a stem receiving opening therein and also having a transversely disposed stop pin receiving opening in one side thereof, an upstanding segmental flange carried by the casing about the projecting portion oi the valve, a pin the transverse opening of the valve projecting outwardly between the ends of the flange, a cap enclosing the flange and/pin for holding the pin against movement, a cap threaded onto the casing at the enlarged end of the valve, a yieldable gasket in the cap engaging against the large end of the valve, and indicia on the casing adjacent the opposite ends of the passage whereby to facilitate the correct positioning of the valve on a pipe. f

. WELLINGTON H. MCDOUGAL.

GEORGE H. BURDEN.

loosely disposed in to provide 

